Medical tourism reversal masks crisis in Nigeria’s health sector

Nigeria’s touted medical tourism narratives may be encouraging; however, this reverse migration is less of a triumph and more a patchwork stopgap. The Nigerian Medical Association has already warned that approximately $2 billion is still taken out of the country yearly as patients seek care abroad, a proof that the system remains fundamentally broken.

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